노인1인가계의 객관적ㆍ주관적 노후 유형에 따른 가계경제구조 및 소비지출패턴

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the single elderly households, which account for one third of elderly households in Korea, as an active elderly consumer and to identify diversity within the group. This study is classified the single elderly consumer into four groups on the basis of objective age and subjective aging perception, and compared economic characteristics and consumption patterns. The main results are as follows. First, in the case of the income source, there was a meaningful difference according to the subjective aging. In the group that perceived as the elderly subjectively, public and private transfer income were higher than earned income. On the other hand, elderly consumer who do not perceive themselves as the elderly have the earned income was the main source of income. Second, as a result of examining the pattern of consumption expenditure, the proportion of expenditure was significantly different according to the degree of subjective aging. The proportion of transportation expenditure and eating out expenditure was relatively high in groups that do not think of themselves as elderly people of the same age. This shows that the lifestyle of the single elderly consumer is different according to the aging recognition types and they actively distributes the proportion of expenditure differently according to the their desire. Based on the above discussion, we suggested the necessity of multifaceted approaches in policy, education and marketing within single elderly consumer. This study identifies the diversity within a single elderly group, and it is significant that a single elderly person is an active consumer and reflects the desire to distribute household consumption expenditure.